Demountable Modular Parking Structure with Herringbone Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing demountable modular parking structures face challenges in accommodating larger vehicles due to their fixed modularity, which restricts the efficiency of parking spaces and maneuverability, especially when trying to maintain the same number of stalls without increasing the load on the ground, and traditional structures with foundations are impractical for rapid deployment in densely populated areas.
Innovation Solution
A demountable modular structure with a parallelogram-shaped ground surface layout and orthogonal upper deck modularity, allowing for herringbone parking stalls at the ground level without significant efficiency loss, using adjustable vertical supporting elements and a bracing system that minimizes interference with vehicle circulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional 90-degree parking stalls are used in demountable modular structures, then the structure maintains simple modularity and quick deployment, but larger vehicles cannot maneuver and park smoothly
Solution Approach 1:
The structure divides the parking deck into modular units with columns positioned at corners, allowing the system to maintain modularity while accommodating herringbone patterns. Each module can be independently assembled and configured to create angled parking stalls that facilitate vehicle maneuverability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements herringbone parking stalls with asymmetric angular arrangements rather than uniform 90-degree stalls. This asymmetric configuration allows vehicles to enter and exit at optimized angles, improving maneuverability for larger vehicles while the underlying modular structure remains symmetric and standardized.
2Productivity
If the modular structure uses fixed grid alignment, then construction is simplified and rapid, but parking space efficiency is reduced when accommodating angled herringbone stalls
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the conflict by separating the horizontal grid alignment from the vertical stacking arrangement. The modular units maintain orthogonal grid alignment for simple construction, while the parking stalls within each module are angled in a different dimensional orientation, achieving both construction simplicity and parking efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows the parking stall angles to be dynamically configured within each module while maintaining the overall grid structure. This enables optimization of parking space efficiency for herringbone patterns without compromising the standardized modular construction approach.
3Area of stationary object
If vertical supporting elements are positioned at regular intervals, then structural stability is maintained, but vehicle circulation space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the bracing elements from the primary load-bearing function and positions them along the perimeter and at strategic locations rather than throughout the entire structure. This extraction allows the vertical supporting elements to be positioned optimally for vehicle circulation while maintaining structural stability through the remaining bracing configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces diagonal bracing elements as intermediary components that connect vertical supporting elements at angled orientations. These intermediary bracing elements provide the necessary structural stability for herringbone configurations while allowing greater flexibility in positioning the primary vertical supports to maximize vehicle circulation space.
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AI summary
Demountable modular structure of same the kind as the structures commercially known for the construction of one-deck raised parking lots, preferably without foundations, designed to be employed for parking vehicles in angled arrangement, or herringbone pattern, comprising two or more parallel structure strips (11), each one defined by two rows of columns or pillars (3) offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the structure strip (11) so as to form, between two adjacent couples of pillars (3), parallelogram-shaped portions of ground surface, wherein the upper level is made of an orthogonal network of main beams (13) resting on each one of the rows of pillars (3) and secondary beams (14) resting on the pillars (3) or fixed in orthogonal position to the main beams (13), and of rectangular or square floor slabs (15). The proposed structure allows an easier parking and maneuvering of vehicles of bigger size than standard, such as station wagon, SUV, pick-ups, as compared with the structures with 90-degree parking stalls, with no detect- able losses of efficiency in terms of parking places obtainable from a given available surface.